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    Hello everyone. Thank you for all your comments and suggestions to my previous post , as always much appreciated.

    Yet again, not been able to post regularly due to family and work commitments and I feel this will be the status quo up until Aug, but nevertheless, will try my best to be as regular as possible.

    Posting an image from our recent Bandhavgarh trip, a sighting where visibility was just a few meters and chances of tiger sightings were as good as none. But we were lucky enough to see this male Tiger while He was on his routine patrol. From the start of the safari, I had made up my mind to use the wide angle lens if we happen to see something in that mist and fog. This Tiger was a delight to see from such close quarters, absolutely huge, in great shape and virtually scar free. I still can't forget the sight of Him staring us.

    DPP 4.12, PSCC 2020, WB, curves, selective colour, NR ( one rnd), sharpening, no cropping.

    Canon 1DX MKII, Canon 24-105mm @ 35mm, HH.ss 1/2000, f/5.6, iso 4000.

    Looking forward for all your comments and suggestions , be it of any nature.

    Haseeb.

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    Hi Haseeb, being a witness to this, I will say you did very well getting this with your wide angle lens. A lovely portrayal of the scenario with accurate colours on the tiger. The ambience is surreal. Ideally wish the tiger was not angling away or a slight head turn would have been perfect. But none the less, a fine shot my friend.

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    I wish I had seen it first, I would have said exactly the same as Sanjeev! I really like this image and I think I recognise the stripe pattern on the flank. I think this is the one that I saw being given short thrift by the big old guy withe the damaged nose.

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    Hi Haseeb, I'm loving the atmosphere and setting here, so different to what we normally see and you can feel the 'stillness' of the scene.

    Regarding the techs I feel you could have dropped by two stops and so the ISO could have been better. I like the whole scene and placement, would it have been better if the grasses were not touching the face, well????

    My take would have been that the mist would be warmer, so less blue, WDYT? The FG is a bit dull and opening this up adds more depth and detail. Going a fraction warmer in the WB and tweaking the Tonal Curves helps ie lights, sharpening looks good.

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    Thank you Doc, Jon and Steve, your comments and suggestions are much appreciated.

    Reg the Tigers head position or body position , I am fine with it but would have definitely liked if the Tiger was looking towards me.

    @ Steve: I liked the colours in your RP and liked the OP as well in terms of colours but overall i am more inclined towards your RP , tones are looking better therein.

    Well, can't do much abt the grass near its face , these kind of moments are hard to see , in fact have never seen a tiger scape in such dense fog conditions.

    Thanks for the feedback.

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    @ Steve : Here is a RP based on the suggestions.

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    Hi Haseeb, irrespective of the feedback it’s still a lovely and unique image and a pleasure to have witnessed and to share with us. You have raised the bar in Tiger images.

    Steve

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    Hi Haseeb what a great atmospheric shot of this species .... you have done really well !!!!
    Leave it to you how to portray the scene in terms of color and tone .

    Just asking for curiosity .... have you taken other compositions in the field ?? i.e. tiger more to the right corner !!

    A great image and lots of room to play with .

    I think i would have had not the idea going landscape in this scenery .... so i am glad you did .

    TFS Andreas

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    Hello Haseeb,

    Absolutely love the eerie feel of this frame and dreamy quality. The fog is just magical, well seen and taken! Completely agree with Steve about the 'stillness' and I can just imagine how silent the place must have been at the time - was it early morning?

    Composition works well for me. I do prefer the colours/vibrance in Steve's RP as well as your RP. I also like the brightness, just makes for a more attractive image, even though the original might be closer to what you have seen

    Really enjoyed this, thank you so much for sharing. And sorry for being late here, was away for the week-end

    Hope you have a wonderful week ahead,

    Kind regards,
    Gabriela Plesea

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    Love the mood on these types of frames. Bet you wished that tiger was a little to the right. I could see a version cropped from the right and top right.

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